vtui

vtui is a lightweight, terminal-based browser for VMware vCenter infrastructures that lets administrators inspect hosts, clusters, virtual machines, datastores and networks without leaving the command line. Written in Go and distributed as a single static binary, the utility opens an interactive TUI that mirrors the vSphere hierarchy: users can drill down from datacenters to individual VMs, check power states, resource usage, alarms and custom attributes in real time, and trigger common operations such as power-on, power-off, suspend or snapshot creation through keyboard shortcuts. Because it relies only on the public vSphere API, vtui works with any vCenter version from 6.5 upward and does not require additional plug-ins or agent installation on ESXi hosts, making it suitable for secure environments where graphical clients are unavailable or prohibited. Typical use cases include nightly health checks from jump hosts, quick inventory audits during change windows, automation scripts that need a lightweight viewer, and disaster-recovery scenarios where bandwidth is too low for the full HTML5 client. The tool keeps credentials in memory only, supports both username/password and SSO token authentication, and can connect through HTTP proxies when the API endpoint is reachable only indirectly. Version 0.2.2, the third public release, adds support for folders, distributed switches and performance counters, while earlier 0.1.x builds remain available for legacy vCenter 6.0 installations. vtui is classified under Network & Admin – Terminal/SSH Clients and is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.

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